Preparing SAS Files › Create the SAS Log for Input

Create the SAS Log for Input

If the scan input is a SAS log created during a SAS session, certain system options must be set to assure that the log has the necessary format and content.

Set the following SAS system options so the log has the necessary format and content

• ALTLOG
  1. Set this to the data-set-name, the SAS log used as input to Scan/SAS. Specify the ALTLOG option as an option on the SAS EXECUTE. For example:

     //STEP01 EXEC SASrr,OPTIONS=ALTLOG=PRTLG1,
     

  2. Also add an additional DD statement to the SAS JCL for the ddname specified for ALTLOG. Specify the DCB attributes as follows:

     DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=133)
     

  3. Specify the remainder of the options on the SAS OPTIONS statement.
• CARDIMAGE

  Specify 80 character card image.

• LINESIZE

  Set to 132, the print line width of the SAS log. This creates a file with LRECL of 133 to allow one byte for carriage control character.

• SOURCE

  Includes source statements in the SAS log.

• SOURCE2

  Includes code generated by %INCLUDE statements. If you do not want to analyze the code generated by %INCLUDE statements, specify NOSOURCE2.

• MPRINT

  Includes code generated by macros. If you do not want to analyze the code generated by macros, specify NOMPRINT.